Podquisition 379: A Real Wrestler

Games we played this week include:

Guardians of the Galaxy (9:10)

Shredders (11:25)

Elden Ring (14:45)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (17:00)

Skul the Hero Slayer (33:40)

Tunic (36:10)

Ghostwire Tokyo (40:35)

Culdcept Revolt (46:50)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Wattam developer Funomena likely to close following abuse allegations (1:02:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-29-wattam-developer-funomena-reportedly-closing-following-allegations-of-workplace-abuse

Another sexual harassment suit filed against Activision Blizzard (1:04:25)

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-faces-new-suit-from-worker-alleging-rampant-sexism

Judge ready to approve $18m settlement of EEOC case against Activision Blizzard (1:08:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-29-judge-prepared-to-approve-activision-blizzards-usd18m-sexual-harassment-settlement-with-eeoc

Microsoft fine with Activision Blizzard workers forming union if Activision Blizzard is (1:09:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-25-microsoft-wont-block-unionisation-efforts-at-activision-blizzard

Sony about to make PlayStation Plus more complicated (1:11:35)

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/

But Sony won’t put day-one releases on Plus (1:15:45)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-28-playstations-jim-ryan-our-games-could-suffer-if-we-put-them-straight-into-ps-plus

Gran Turismo 7 to walk back its terrible pricing (1:18:00)

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/25/gran-turismo-7-an-update-from-polyphony-digital/

Bloodborne Kart is apparently real (1:19:10)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-25-its-official-bloodborne-kart-is-coming

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